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Which property justifies this statement?. . r(s + t) = rs + rt. . A.. associative. . B.. distributive. . C.. symmetric. . D.. transitive. . please help!!.

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The answer to the question above is letter "B. distributive". The variable r which is multiplied to the quantity of s + r is distributed to the terms inside the parentheses. By distributed we mean to say, multiplied. This gives us the answer of rs + rt. 
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